Colorado Trial Courts May Order Prehearing Discovery in Immediate-Possession Condemnation Proceedings Under C.R.C.P. 26 and 16 Decision: Arrowhead Colo. Metro. Dist. v. Roxborough Park Found., 2026...
Public Records Mandamus Cannot Be Used to Litigate Open-Meetings Compliance; No Duty to Create Nonexistent “Rules” 1. Introduction In State ex rel. Ames v. Regional Income Tax Agency Bd. of Trustees,...
Wisconsin Rejects In Rem and Immovable-Property Exceptions to Tribal Sovereign Immunity; Unilateral Deed Covenants Cannot Waive Immunity Case: Legend Lake Property Owners Association, Inc. v. Guy...
Colorado Expands Frow: Vacating Default Judgments Inconsistent with Merits Verdicts and Allowing Defaulting Defendants to Testify in Codefendant Trials I. Introduction In J.B. v. MKBS, LLC, 2026 CO...
Prehearing Discovery Is Discretionary in Colorado Condemnation (Immediate Possession) Proceedings Under C.R.C.P. 26 and 16 I. Introduction In re: Arrowhead v. Roxborough Park Foundation, 2026 CO 54...
Implied Presumption for In-State Placement and Separate “Good Cause” Findings Under § 46b-129 (j) (4) Case: In re Dynastie D. (SC 21157) (Conn. June 17, 2026, officially released) Court: Supreme...
Prior Consensual BDSM Evidence Is Irrelevant to Consent/Intent in Non-Sexual Assault Prosecutions Absent a Concrete Nexus Introduction In People v. Carle, 2026 CO 53, the Colorado Supreme Court...
State v. Raeon A.: No Golding Review and No Plain Error for Daniel W. E. Delayed-Reporting Instruction Given Under Then-Governing Law 1. Introduction In State v. Raeon A. (Conn. Sup. Ct., officially...
People v. Brazeal / People v. Lora: Individualized “Box 28” Search Conditions and Preservation of As-Applied Challenges to Probation Terms 1. Introduction In People v Brazeal and People v Lora, the...
Volokh v. James: Compliance with New York’s Hateful Conduct Law Requires Only a Content-Neutral Reporting Channel and Policy Broad Enough to Cover “Hateful Conduct,” Without Mandatory Responses or...
Commercial Tenant’s Summary-Judgment Burden on Sidewalk Defects: No Duty/No Control Shifts Burden Absent Nonspeculative Evidence of Creation or Special-Use Causation 1. Introduction Fuentes v...
Leaving-the-Scene (Death/SBI) Remains Strict Liability; Prior Habitual-Criminal Scheme Upheld with Harmless-Error Review I. Introduction In Brown, Jason v. People, 2026 CO 51 (June 23, 2026), the...
Execution of a Crim. P. 41.1 Order Begins When a Reasonable Person Would Not Feel Free to Leave Introduction In People v. Castro-Velasquez, Angel, 2026 CO 49 (June 23, 2026), the Colorado Supreme...
Timely Prosecutorial Motions to Reconsider Toll the 49-Day Appeal Deadline Under C.A.R. 4(b)(6)(A) Introduction Case: People v. Jebe, 2026 CO 48 (Colo. June 23, 2026) Parties: The People of the State...
Curative Opportunity Defeats Plain-Error Due Process Claims in Wyoming Child-Protection Adjudications 1. Introduction In In the Interest Of: AC and BI, Minor Children, AI v. The State of Wyoming,...
Incorporated Expert Reports Become Sworn Evidence Triggering the Sham-Affidavit Rule (Ohio Civ.R. 56 / Civ.R. 26) 1. Introduction Moore v. Mercy Med. Ctr., Slip Opinion No. 2026-Ohio-2293 is a...
Right-to-Record Statutes Do Not Extend to Police Stationhouses (Including Public Lobbies) Case: Reyes v City of New York, 2026 NY Slip Op 03914 (Ct App June 23, 2026) (Rivera, J.) Posture: Certified...
Labor Law § 220 Rights Are Implied in Public Works Contracts and Cannot Be Cut Down by Contractual One-Year Limitations 1. Introduction In Walton v Comfort Sys. USA (Syracuse), Inc. (2026 NY Slip Op...
Colorado Adopts an Expanded Frow Rule: A Defaulting Defendant May Testify at a Codefendant’s Trial, and Inconsistent Default Judgments Must Yield to Merits Verdicts I. Introduction In J.B. v. MKBS,...
Limiting the Interrelated Contracts Doctrine and Preserving Fraudulent Inducement Claims from the Economic Loss Rule I. Introduction Veolia Water Techs. v. Antero Treatment LLC, 2026 CO 52 arises...